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...The maker of joint implants and surgical devices had justified the pay rise by saying that low pay had contributed to the high turnover of chief executives....
...Not for nothing have Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Apple and Alphabet — along with chip company Nvidia and electric-car maker Tesla — been dubbed the “Magnificent Seven” for their outsized contribution to stock...
...“It has become a bigger company and this could create the perception that it needs more insurance,” said Kevin Lacroix, an attorney and executive vice-president at RT ProExec, a unit of RT Specialty, an...
...Dish is also working with Nokia and software companies, including Mavenir, Altiostar, Matrixx, Ciena and Palo Alto Networks, to deliver a network that is being viewed as a potential pioneer for ‘open RAN...
...Goldman Sachs has been monitoring Baidu and Google search volume on virus-related keywords such as coronavirus, Sars, Wuhan and surgical mask....
...Good morning to everyone except Reuters, who chose first thing Monday to bring us this story: About 30 of the adult-sized stuffed dolls, complete with wigs and face masks, stethoscopes and surgical gloves...
...& Johnson’s $3.4bn acquisition of surgical robotics specialist Auris Health....
...Alex Humphreys, a partner at Apollo, said: “We look forward to working with Aspen to build on the existing high quality specialty insurance and reinsurance business and we aim to leverage Apollo’s resources...
...Charles Shaver will become the chief executive of Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals once Carlyle and GIC complete the deal to buy the unit, Carlyle said in a press release....
...AkzoNobel has also put its specialty chemicals unit up for sale, and Sanofi is selling a drug unit. Both auctions have attracted interest from private equity....
...Hagen, retired President and CEO of Polymer Group, Inc. (later renamed AVINTIV Specialty Materials Inc).Julie A. Hill, owner of The Hill Company....
...When filing for bankruptcy, the company attributed its demise partly to “expensive debt service” and “unrelenting competition” from online and brick-and-mortar retailers....
...It said too many businesses could be left “stranded” within the materials company and should instead be with the specialty products company....
...It is intended to be split within 18 months into three companies: one in plastics and related materials, one in agricultural chemicals and seeds, and one in other specialty chemicals....
...The move arrives amid turmoil in the specialty sports retailers space as consumers increasingly shop online and buy directly from brands like Nike and Under Armour....
...Chicago-based Argon Credit LLC co-founder and CEO Raviv Wolfe said in a bankruptcy court declaration that “liquidity issues” caused the company, which offers 12- to 60-month loans in amounts ranging from...
...He likens his vision for Vevo to that of a specialty record store, in contrast to YouTube that is a “one size fits all supermarket”....
...The companies will include a leading global pure-play Agriculture company; a leading global pure-play Material Science company; and a leading technology and innovation-driven Specialty Products company....
...Industrial company OM Group thinks so, too. In June, OM agreed to sell itself to Apollo and its partner Platform Specialty Products for $34 per share (about $1bn in total)....
...to bank holding companies in the wake of the crisis to access the Fed’s support programmes....
...JAB also holds majority stakes in Caribou Coffee Company and Einstein Bagels Co....
...There, he spends much of the day holed up in a windowless conference room with his executives and lawyers, putting in 14-hour stretches to plot the company’s recovery and ordering in from the company’s canteen...
...Google inked a deal in March to develop surgical robots with Johnson & Johnson, an agreement that followed its investments in 23andMe, a DNA testing company, and Calico, a biotech group focused on slowing...
...He hoped the collaboration would bring down the cost of surgical robots and make them smaller....
...The deal — a mix of shares and cash — will hand Allergan what it describes as a non-surgical treatment, known as Kybella, for double chins....
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